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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1899
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text mentions railroad time tables for Arizona and the Southfast ern region, with stray city names and station references. It also includes an unrelated sales notice for frame houses, a tobacco advertisement, and various drugstore product pitches with generic claims all mixed together.
A long reader letter questions why God allowed sin and judgment after creation. The writer asks for explanations about Noah, the flood, and a supposed postdiluvian human race. He requests publication of a logical answer from the paper and signs as J. Locxtao.
A jumbled list of bills, state acts, and public notices appears with references to Connell bill numbers, tax regulation, county elections, and court matters. The text includes health provisions, taxation rates, school law amendments, and licensing items, interspersed with anecdotal notes on ant baths and Tombstone Globe events.
Historic notices list claims and transfers for mines such as Glory, Empire, and Dewey with names like J. Bry, J. Kaos, Corbett, Souherant, Clark and Bovke'der. Also mentions a sale action by Towdss Diuyt store and a consumer health note about Sivie's Emulsion. A separate stray alert seeks information on missing Barret Gasp horse described as sorrel with white, with rewards offered.
Reports from Bisbee and Tombstone describe cattleman Mr. Packard and banker A.L. Walker touring Cochise County. J.W. Vickers arrives from California to attend the Cattlemen’s Convention, with prospects of Arizona leadership and regional industry discussions. The California Fig Syrup Co is noted as a leading syrup maker.
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